$10,000 Wedding. Should i hire a wedding planner?

Honestly, $10,000 isn't a very high budget and depending on what all services you want a wedding planner can cost a significant amount that will greatly cut into your budget. My recommendation is to take one thing at a time in order to avoid overwhelming yourself. Also ask your fiancé for help with planning. Both of you are getting married so planning shouldn't be solely on you.

Get a day of coordinator no matter what your budget or guest count. You can plan a wedding easily with $10k. You just have to prioritize.

Dear Brittany,

Because your budget and guest list is smaller, I would suggest against hiring a planner. Instead, look at all-inclusive services near your area (a lot of wedding venues offer all-inclusive services). Even some churches offer services for receptions, etc. if you're religious.

All-in-all, think less "wedding planner," and more "event coordinator," that is included in a package provided by a venue.

Thanks for your post! We pushed the wedding out by three years because of planning in 2019, haha!

Aubrianna Abbema

An event coordinator provided by the venue only cares if you follow venue policy. They do not act as the type of coordinator you want to set up and work behind the scenes which can be found on Yelp or Thumbtack.com

Also you can plan everything free on the boards here

I'd recommend getting a DOC (day of coordinator). Wedding planners tend to be very expensive and could easily eat into 50% of your total budget.

Wedding planners can be pricey, and with a smaller budget, I don't think it would be worth it. However, there are some planners that offer smaller packages. Instead of a full service planner, you could get one that you only meet with a few times and they basically help you with certain things. That will be cheaper and help take some stress off of you. Also, a day of coordinator is definitely worth the money and, in my opinion, necessary!

Brittany,
Since your venue has an event coordinator then I highly recommend utilizing them! Just make sure you give them the break down of what you want so they know. If you want things done in particular make sure to have it on a sheet for them. Have a copy for the day of in case they might have misplaced it.